06/03/2026
Would you put a custom license plate on your car?
We needed to get a second vehicle for my husband to start work after he graduated last month. So the SUV is now my main vehicle and I wanted a front license plate, but didn't like any I could find.
I decided to get a blank plate and acrylic paint to make my own.
I used my alcohol inks for the sunrise, and painted layer by layer of the rest of it. I added the lettering with permanent vinyl, and bit of glitter to top of the snow peaks to glisten in the sunlight.
The mountains where I grew up. The Spanish peaks are located in Southern Colorado, their native name is the Huajatuolla (wah-hah-TOY-ah) Mountains, meaning The Double Mountains. We always just called them the Twin Peaks though.
I boarded it in black, white, red, orange, and yellow, topped with turquoise triangles. Along with a white arrow with feathers. My great-grandmother was Choctaw, and I wanted to tie into the Choctaw colors.
Lastly I painted on the Colorado Columbine to tie it all together.
I also added the reference photo I created to follow along while I painted it.
